Els has worked out quite a few fun and beautiful walking routes through Paris for you. These are free to view and download as PDF or GPX.
The walking routes are listed by arrondissement:
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 – outside the périphérique
From the light gray colored numbers of the arrondissements no walks are included.
Print and walk the Paris walking tour
Paris is best viewed on foot. Crisscross the city or neighborhood by neighborhood. But you can also take a marked walk, like one of the many walking tours of Paris we offer on our website. This often gives you a better overview of a neighborhood, as well as information about what you see. The walks on this site are arranged by arrondissement. Click on the arrondissement (red numbers above) where you want to walk. Then click on the walk that appeals to you, print the text and route, and start the walk. Or use your smartphone or tablet.
Literary walks through Paris
See Paris through the eyes of famous writers. From Adriaan van Dis to Jean-Paul Sartre. Visit the locations in Paris where they lived or worked. Or what they wrote about in their books. Learn more.
Walking through Paris with kids?
Many children love Paris because there is so much to see. For young children, there are many parks with playgrounds, and older children often love the stores and street life of Paris as well. Paris surprises every moment!
For younger children, we have created bingo cards especially for visiting Paris. You can download those for free. Check out the bingo cards here.
Hiking search
You can search for more routes on the Internet or in a booklet. A well-known walking site about Paris is Paris Balades. That site has very comprehensive descriptions (in French and English) of walks throughout Paris with route maps and photos of places of interest.
Among other things, the Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre publishes three routes (“traverses”) through Paris in the series Paris à Pied – Rando Citadines. Traverse 1 runs from west to east and connects the Bois de Boulogne with the Bois de Vincennes. Traverse 2 runs north to south between Parc des Buttes-Chaumont and Parc Montsouris. The third traverse runs over the hills of Paris and through former villages, such as Charonne, Belville, Montmartre, Batignolles and Passy (total 24 km). The booklets are excellently signposted and contain all kinds of information about what you will encounter along the way.
Walking through Paris with a guide
You can also be guided by a professional walking guide. There are private walking guides, called guides-conférenciers, who regularly organize walks to interesting and often lesser-known places in Paris: the Chinese quarter, la Grande Mosquée, Village Mouffetard. You report for such a walk at an appointed point in Paris, often a metro station. Then you pay, and then you walk the walk with the guide and your fellow walkers. The tour is usually in French, but sometimes in English. Finally, you can also approach a commercial tourist office, but often they are pricey and usually go to the over-familiar attractions. Dutch-speaking guides can be found in this list.